Akka.Js Bindings

this project is EXPERIMENTAL

This project aim to bring Akka powerful framework available for JS applications.

This implementation is to be considered "on-going" but feel free to file an issue if you require a specific Akka functionality that isn't yet exposed in the current API.

Feedbacks are highly appreciated!

Use It

Install the module:

npm install akkajs

A simple Ping Pong between two actors looks like:

const akkajs = require("akkajs")

const system = akkajs.ActorSystem.create()

class Pinger extends akkajs.Actor {
  constructor() {
    super()
    this.name = "pinger"
    this.receive = this.receive.bind(this)
  }
  receive(msg) {
    console.log("RECEIVED PING")
    this.sender().tell("pong")
  }
}

let pinger = system.spawn(new Pinger())

class Ponger extends akkajs.Actor {
  constructor() {
    super()
    this.name = "ponger"
    this.receive = this.receive.bind(this)
  }
  receive(msg) {
    console.log("RECEIVED PONG")
    this.sender().tell("ping")
  }
}

let ponger = system.spawn(new Ponger())

pinger.tell("ping", ponger)

An Actor based greeter on Node looks like follows:

const akkajs = require("akkajs")
const readline = require("readline")

const system = akkajs.ActorSystem.create(`helloworld`)

class Greeter extends akkajs.Actor {
  constructor() {
     super()
     // like what is suggested https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/react-without-es6.html#autobinding
     this.receive = this.receive.bind(this)
   }
   receive(msg) {
    console.log(`Hello ${msg}`)
   }
}

const greeter = system.spawn(new Greeter())

const rl = readline.createInterface({
  input: process.stdin,
  output: process.stdout
})

rl.question('What is your name? ', (answer) => {
  greeter.tell(answer)
  rl.close();
})

You can use Akka.Js from Node or Browser.

More examples

Into the github repository there are several examples under the demo folder.

Compile and run examples

You need to install Sbt to compile from sources. To run the examples simply clone this project and:

sbt deploy
cd demo
node <example-name>